Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forward contracts are relatively easy to arrange , although the exporter is committed to supplying the currency agreed to the bank even if the export deal is cancelled or payment is not received within the forward contract period . |
| 2 | When her assailant is released and rapes again , her only recourse is yet again violent revenge . |
| 3 | Speed is sought because readers require books quickly , and because a large number of outstanding orders clogs up the order files , wastes time on reporting , and makes budgeting difficult . |
| 4 | It is a true arms race in which success on either side is felt as failure by the other side , but the nature of the success and failure on the two sides is very different . |
| 5 | They will have 17 days between the moment when the last result is known and April 27 , when the new Parliament meets for the first time , to gather sufficient support from MPs from minority parties to form a government . |
| 6 | Such losses reduce as the plantation matures but rarely return to pre-disturbance levels because subsoil is exposed and weathering is promoted . |
| 7 | Where a programme is validated before accreditation is applied for , conditional accreditation will be granted , provided an HCIMA representative is nominated onto the Course Monitoring/Review Panel . |
| 8 | ‘ Course programme is examined and areas of relevance identified . |
| 9 | The programme is planning and development , and it is the responsibility of the council 's planning and development committee . |
| 10 | Again , ministerial confirmation is required and compensation is payable , for depreciation , disturbance and expenses incurred in carrying out the works in compliance with the order . |
| 11 | Registration of mail is used when money or valuables are sent through the post . |
| 12 | Concentration is diminished and reactions are often slow . |
| 13 | As this happens equity is sacrificed as purchasing power rather than clinically diagnosed need determines which patients should be treated . |
| 14 | A more realistic example for an academic department is shown as figure 3.18 ( discussed fully in Chapter 15 ) . |
| 15 | If the no-arbitrage condition for an arithmetic future is written as F = Se ( see Appendix 5 . |
| 16 | Research is showing that diets which appear perfectly all right in other respects may lead to processes occurring within the gut that could increase the production or the concentration of cancer-inducing substances carcinogens . |
| 17 | Recent research is demonstrating that kin relations are important determinants of relationship patterns in monkey groups . |
| 18 | Our intention is to demonstrate that work organization has been a central strand of each of the otherwise contrasting change strategies ; namely , the evolutionary development of Pilkingtons , the total process perspective of RX , and Employee Involvement with Ford . |
| 19 | The intention is to determine whether pupils are being offered appropriate experiences and the school is adequately fulfilling its task . |
| 20 | The intention is to ensure that decisions are taken at national level whenever that is the most appropriate way to deal with the decisions . |
| 21 | A further source of friction and confusion is found where authorities have concurrent powers ; that is , an equal share in providing services . |
| 22 | Therapy is handicapped because patients are encouraged in their behaviours by inappropriate societal attitudes . |
| 23 | The greenhouse effect is caused when gases in the atmosphere let the sun 's rays through , but then trap some of the heat that would otherwise be reflected back into space . |
| 24 | This is shocking , but the effect is doubled when Helen finally appears . |
| 25 | Innocence is presumed until guilt has been established by formal trial . |
| 26 | Substantial investment is envisaged as population is expected to increase . |
| 27 | Will the Chancellor bear it in mind that Labour is determined that justice shall be done for our retired people , despite all the smears , accusations and Government lies which come daily from Tory central office ? |
| 28 | Thermoluminescence is emitted because crystal lattices contain defects , and electrons produced by the ionising radiation may become trapped at one type of defect ( a ‘ trap ’ ) . |
| 29 | The variance of is and the variance of the composite disturbance term is provided that v and t are uncorrelated — hence the formula for γ given above . |
| 30 | The alternative is to say that assimilation causes a phoneme to be realised by a different allophone ; this would mean that , in the case of and , the phoneme of ‘ good ’ has velar and bilabial allophones . |